Maps and Network, rough idea.

For maps and networks, I decided to work quite literally with the word maps. I plan to take people into the centre of Farnham and turn on their google tracking, and ask them to walk until they feel safe, and like they’re not being watched. Then, I wanted to trace their movements onto some pieces  clear acrylic and place it somewhere close to a map on the wall, so that the person has to stand at a specific angle to have one of the movement traces line up with the map. I was also thinking of potentially having individual words from the sentence ‘WHERE DO YOU FEEL UNSEEN’ on each piece of acrylic. Or, I could have the holding for the acrylics have 5 slots, so that when placed in order infront of eachother, the sentence is spelt clearly, and the map is completed when lined up.

The purpose of this project would be to explore just how far people feel they need to be from the town centre before they trust that they aren’t being watched in some way. Our trust in technology can be foggy at times, and documenting different people’s idea of what it means to be unseen/ away from technology. The project also proves that no matter where you are, you can be tracked and/or recorded.